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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Again, let me reiterate what I said *your mother should never be allowed
> near power tool again. Ever.* Holy crap!
It was like a scene from a badly scripted sitcom. Except... real. o_O
> Its a wonder you came out as close to 'normal' as you did, and didn't go
> all Ted Bundy.
Uh.......
>>> Your mother should never ever be allowed near power tools again. Ever.
>>
>> Well, that used to be her _job_...
>>
>> [Which is why she even owns power tools. She certainly didn't *buy*
>> them herself!]
>
> Good gods ... someone paid her to use power tools? 0,o Be very afraid ...
Yes. British Telecom used to pay her to go round people's houses and
wire up their telephones. Obviously, this involves drilling holes
through walls and climbing ladders to each overhead cables. Not to
mention the climbing through trees and driving to deserted farmer's
fields in a large Ford Transit...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:02:35 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>The cord is neon orange for a very good reason.
So that you can see the cord you just cut in half?
>When was the last time you ran your vacuum cleaner over the power cord?
>Or is that petrol-powered too? ;-)
A gas powered vacuum would be awesome.
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0prnd4dd068bichsucnbdr9crfju5u9ocj@4ax.com...
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> A gas powered vacuum would be awesome.
>
Steam and coal as in Wild wild West
Marc
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:58:27 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Should I even tell you about when my mum and dad first brought me home
> from hospital, and it took them 4 hours to figure out why I wouldn't
> stop crying?
Well, I'm sure the instruction manual you were delivered with didn't
cover it. ;-)
(As I've said before, babies don't come with instruction
manuals.....parents just do the best they can with what they've got....)
Jim
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m_a_r_c wrote:
> With electric mowers, the 1st thing you're likely to cut is the power cord
> but before you have to slaughter flower beds with it and mess it between
> trees and shrubs :-)
This is my dad's mower. Seriously. "Wolf" is a friend of mine describing
it, and every word is true.
http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=131059&postcount=311
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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> m_a_r_c wrote:
>> With electric mowers, the 1st thing you're likely to cut is the power
>> cord but before you have to slaughter flower beds with it and mess it
>> between trees and shrubs :-)
>
> This is my dad's mower. Seriously. "Wolf" is a friend of mine describing
> it, and every word is true.
>
> http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=131059&postcount=311
>
> --
Arghhhh !
Marc
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> I hope I and my ASCII are understandable...
Marginally more understandable I suspect than if you had talked about
torques in 3D ;-)
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> The cord is neon orange for a very good reason. In all my years of being
> alive, I have almost never seen a petrol mower
Petrol lawn mowers, as well as not needing a cable, are usually much more
powerful, so you can charge through quite long wet grass that likely would
block up an electric one.
> I have also never seen anybody actually cut their power cord while mowing
> either.
A friend of ours borrowed our electric hedge cutter, she cut through cord.
Then she borrowed it again, and we joked to her about not cutting through it
again. Of course she cut through it *again*. She can go and buy her own
one now.
> When was the last time you ran your vacuum cleaner over the power cord?
Erm, the whole time actually, but the consequences aren't nearly as bad,
plus it's a pain in the ass having to rearrange the cable and keep
plug/unplugging it the whole time as you move around the house, getting it
tangled around chairs/tables etc.
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> Hmm, ours has a spinning brush on the underside. The one time somebody run
> over the cable, it chewed up the insulation on it. :-/
Oh, mine doesn't have the spinny brush bit on the main unit, only at the end
of the pipe.
>> And no, not gasoline powered. Electric is already loud enough. :)
>
> Heh. Just imagine, a petrol-powered vacuum cleaner... Surely your house
> would end up more dirty than when you started! :-D
Nah, you just store the exhaust on-board in a canister, then dispose of it
once it's full. Or have the engine part outside, and a long pipe :-)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Heh. My mum screwed me and my sister to a plank of wood...
>
> I would like the record to show the following:
>
> This experience was rather painful for both my sister and me. When my
> mum realised what was going on, she immediately tried to put the drill
> into reverse drive.
>
Ok. So what on Earth was the meaning of that experiment? :O
--
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
http://www.zbxt.net
aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid
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